Final court decision on the Uchuraccay case
Judicial sentence that convicted three Uchuraccay peasants of murder and ordered the arrest of fourteen others for the murder of journalists in 1983. The judicial process was confusing and lasted more than four years.
The judiciary issued the final ruling in the criminal trial for the murder of eight journalists and two community members in Uchuraccay on January 26, 1983. The judicial process was extremely confusing and lengthy, lasting more than four years. The sentence convicted three peasants from Uchuraccay for murder: Dionisio Morales Pérez, Simeón Auccatoma Quispe and Mariano Ccasani Gonzáles. It also ordered the arrest of fourteen other peasants from the same community.